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Agents of Change: 2022-2023 Cohort

Agents of Change: 2022-2023 Cohort

Read the ideas and solutions from our fourth cohort.


2022-2023 Cohort

How to free ourselves from the scholar-activist dilemma

environmental justice

Protecting Indigenous children means protecting water

The global food system is failing small-scale farmers — here’s how to fix it

sustainable coffee

Water injustice on display in the Southwest US

Navajo Nation water

A love note to brown women facing beauty injustices

beauty justice

Restoring our waters is restoring ourselves

Crow Tribe Little Bighorn River

Reducing soil toxics in community gardens

community garden

It’s not just hair — fighting beauty injustice beyond the individual

beauty justice

Tapping into the power of community to make informal settlements healthier

environmental justice

Mourning family and climate change in the age of loss and damage

climate change protest

A radical solution to make US affordable housing healthy and community-driven

affordable housing

Farmworkers’ vicious cycle of precarious employment, exploitation and climate change

Farmworkers rights health

When a home is not a sanctuary but a sickening, expensive trap

Energy justice

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Public lands are not neutral. We must grapple with their racist roots

environmental justiceCredit: Carolyn E. Ramírez

Agents of Change: New fellows will focus on collaboration, impact, and justice

Past fellows 

2021-2022 cohort

2020-2021 cohort

2019-2020 cohort

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Plastic treaty talks
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Plastic treaty talks falter as nations clash over production limits

Global negotiations in South Korea aimed at curbing plastic pollution ended in deadlock as more than 170 countries failed to agree on whether to limit plastic production or focus solely on waste management.

Andrew Jeong reports for The Washington Post.

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Senator Whitehouse & climate change

Senator Whitehouse puts climate change on budget committee’s agenda

For more than a decade, Senator Sheldon Whitehouse gave daily warnings about the mounting threat of climate change. Now he has a powerful new perch.
power plant at night
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CEO’s political alliances shape natural gas future but may raise costs for consumers

EQT CEO Toby Rice has become a leading advocate for expanding U.S. natural gas exports, leveraging political connections and corporate lobbying to push for deregulation and infrastructure growth that could impact domestic energy prices.

Quinn Glabicki reports for PublicSource.

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How to cool the climate conversation without the culture wars

Polarized politics over energy-efficient appliances and clean technology hinder meaningful climate solutions, but some experts suggest depoliticized dialogue can bridge divides.

Kate Yoder reports for Grist.

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The toll of burnout on climate workers and the call for sustainability

Climate activists, scientists and frontline workers face heightened burnout due to the relentless demands of addressing environmental crises, experts say.

Nina Dietz reports for Inside Climate News.

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Trump’s USDA pick raises questions about handling climate crisis on farms

Brooke Rollins, a Trump loyalist and climate change skeptic, is nominated as Agriculture Secretary, leaving many uncertain about her approach to climate impacts on farms.

Georgina Gustin reports for Inside Climate News.

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Climate impacts on water could raise clean energy costs in the US West

Plans to decarbonize electricity grids in the U.S. West by 2050 face significant cost increases due to climate-driven impacts on water resources, a study warns.

Sharon Udasin reports for The Hill.

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Hurricane Helene flooding aerial view
Credit: North Carolina National Guard/Flickr/U.S. Army National Guard photos by Sgt. 1st Class Leticia Samuels

Congress grapples with political hurdles in disaster aid negotiations

Lawmakers are struggling to pass disaster relief funding as partisan disagreements over additional allocations to education and environmental programs stall progress.

Rachel Frazin and Aris Folley report for The Hill.

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From our Newsroom
Resident speaks at an event about the Midwest hydrogen hub organized by Just Transition NWI.

What a Trump administration means for the federal hydrogen energy push

Legal and industry experts say there are uncertainties about the future of hydrogen hubs, a cornerstone of the Biden administration’s clean energy push.

unions climate justice

Op-ed: The common ground between labor and climate justice is the key to a livable future

The tale of “jobs versus the environment” does not capture the full story.

Union workers from SEIU holding climate protest signs at a rally in Washington DC

El terreno común entre los derechos laborales y la justicia climática es la clave de un futuro habitable

La narrativa de “empleos vs. proteger el medio ambiente” no cuenta la historia completa.

unions and labor movement

LISTEN: Pradnya Garud on the role of unions in climate justice

“They’ve been able to combine forces and really come forward to bring social and environmental change.”

People advocating against the US hydrogen hub build out

Hydrogen hubs test new federal environmental justice rules

A massive push for hydrogen energy is one of the first test cases of new federal environmental justice initiatives. Communities and advocates so far give the feds a failing grade.

photos of people protesting the hydrogen hub buildout

What’s hampering federal environmental justice efforts in the hydrogen hub build-out?

“Organizational change in large bureaucracies takes time.”

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